Kitsap time capsule / A weekly look at the past

Home of the Sero Migliavacca family, this large, three-story, 6,600-square-foot home still stands on the corner of Fourth Street and Veneta Avenue in Bremerton. The car is a late 1920s-era Pierce Arrow. Sero and his wife Anita arrived in Bremerton from California in 1908 with their children, Sero, Jr. and Mabel M. Ragsdale. Sero Sr. was founder and president of Citizens Bank from 1908 to 1927 and a prominent figure in the city's growth until his retirement in 1927. The home eventually became the Parish Rectory for Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church. To see more photos from the Kitsap County Historical Museum archives, find us at www.facebook.com/Kitsaphistory or visit the museum at 280 Fourth St. in downtown Bremerton. For more information, call 360-479-6226.